Jubaris

The behavior of some of MD's people that are considered extended hand of Mur are really disturbing, in this case, where Leixer claims he and ansouinc are different persons and (from the point of the announcements) never logged in on the same computer, he isn't treated with respect or either with just compassion, but is just buzzed off with people presuming Leixer is either lieing or he is mistaken - in any case, they won't be troubled by him.

I think it's quite good, as long as it doesn't put any vassalage relations from MDA to LR (or any other sponsors), or anything that would violate the sanctity of MDA's neutrality and objectivity.

another person who finished quest: [size="7"]Xrieg[/size]

BFH is the leader of the new advertisers and I'm happy about his good feedback on meh ideas. Facebook page doesn't have to be official from Mur, but if it's lead by a proper person (like BFH - leader of advertisers) it would be perfect. About my part on all of this: Since I'm not an advertiser and I wouldn't like to commit myself fully to advertising MD, I would like you BFH to make an official "advertising" MD group whose goal would be to bring new players (and not glorify current players addictions ), where I would be happy to be of help with screenshoting, ideas on what could be done for the page to get more effect and such, probably write a topic or two about the game in that page as well. About newspapers, I will also message one magazine here that focuses on computers and is very popular around here (and should get serious audience) once I experience the best ways of advertising MD via that Facebook fan page, so I make sure the magazine will be intrigued to write about us Come to think of it, this is a good way to practice some advertising that might be handy for me at some point in the future [b]edit:[/b] oh, and don't worry Seigheart, you know that I will always love you

its not just adepts, its 15$ when they get on mp5 but even if its only adepthood, again, if the goal is MD advertising, then you should give them the choice of finding mentors on their own, and not making pressure to start as your adepts... I personally dont really care much tho, its just from the perspective of having an -official- MD facebook page

can you Seigheart and Chewett stop discussing about possible Seighearts abuse, and possibly move it to another topic? about the Facebook page, I think it should have number of topics talking about interesting things in MD, one explaining how Adventure Log is a story of the realm where people can be involved, other showing screenshots from combat, third talking about roles in the realm (lands and such). People should update some pics from time to time, and the one who runs the page should generally try to find some active fan pages of RPG games in general, where our page owner would develop a decent -standard- (aka spam) message with a link to our fan page with an invitation for people to check out the game and read the topic to see if they like our game. [b]edit:[/b] about seigheart page tho, if they use your referal, then it isnt an MD site, but Seigheart site I tho am talking about a page whos owner doesnt get individual benefits from it, but something for the progress of the game in general.

[quote name='No one' timestamp='1295358263' post='77565'] yea, it would be a great idea ... But there are problems. For example ... the game - is changing slow -> limit of advertisement on new features - has friction between players & retention of new players is very low -> the costs must be within income of the game - number of bugs & speed of fix -> will also put some stress onto players Also Mur stated once that this game is not a business. And the game requires money just to sustain itself. So ... I know that changing MdM's opinion is difficult. So ... good luck. Anyway, if you want another idea (I already discussed this with him) : make it available on facebook with certain ... benefits. For example when one is giving a burst others can get something out of it. But ... as I said, the game is moving slow and the number of programmers ... is not that big [/quote] yes, but we dont need show the whole recording, but cut the -loading- parts. Insert some nice fitting music too ^^ We could make several, actually, if only I was good enough with time and knowledge on video edits, I would do it myself (with Murs permission of course), where we would have a dynamic song for battles and such, and more tranquiling for scenes, adventure log... now when I think of it, trailer making is art! cost of these projects shouldnt be high at all, it can all be -fan made- or such cause it isnt complicated, it just takes some effort (Mur is a good programmer, he could make a trailer himself, while members of MD could message newspapers in their own countries to report on MD, and that has effects, i wittnessed it for another game for example, eRepublik, -baby boom- was made via local newspapers) about bugs, every browser game has some, we will present in our adverts that this game is under constant development, we could make new trailers from time to time or we could make some focusing on things that aint gonna change, at least not soon. for the MD costs in general... well, new players also bring new Supporters, so hopefully something like this would help. Benefits like referal codes? yes that would inspire a lot of people to bring their friends, other games have that a lot, but we already have that with 15$-upon-mp5 thing, as far as I know it didnt make MUCH of effect on our population (i could be wrong, but is there anyone -known- enough in MD that came here using referal from a friend who invited him/her?). I might missunderstood you on few suggestions due to my lack of knowledge on english, please correct me if so.

I dont know how much Mur is spending money on advertising sites that we see on Free Credits, but I think a better job would be done with the following: -instead of those sites, that the money gets invested into a creating a video made from MD gameplay, one interesting part from story mode, then a player traveling between scenes, MD fight simulations, creatures and equips, adventure log texts... We all know that MD interface is outstanding, and a video would surely make some effect, and I dont think making such videos takes a lot of time, especially since all you do is record. -make an active Facebook MD group with tags RPG and such (tags that would fit the game genre best and attract right population) that would post new trailers-videos for MD, screenshots, parts of adventure log... -probably the most important one: contacting game and in general computer magazines or any fitting newspapers to make a little column about MD.

I will do it, if you are in no rush (expect answers around 20th) just recently i mentioned to shemhazaj how interesting is to observe certain nationalities that have stabile ethnic background, in MD, and see for common behavior

and you shouldn´t rush glad you mentioned it, so Iĺl announce: The quest has no deadline (obviously I got hooked up on making big letters but just to clarify official announcements) also: [b]for those that didn`t spot my mood panel posts, I am currently on a trip and will delay responses for the quest all the way till 17th-20th of january[/b] apologizes for those delayed responses!

Eon has to attack people to gain wins, he gave a lot of xp to me too, but when I asked him to stop cause of the xp, he agreed to skip me, and I am grateful on it. I like gaining xp, I get stats that I want and such, but the thing that I was troubled with is that in the same day when I drop 20 mil of xp, and I idle at the Park, I wake up and see 24 mil xp. But I asked him nicely and he agreed to stop, if he wouldn't, I would either stop to idle in open, or would idle with some trees. There's really no need for you to make public complaint on him, furthermore cause he didn't break any rule.

*From: Pipstickz (ID:29677) RE:RE:Untitled In Marind Bell, one may find many references to wind. There are also references to wind in one's first steps in the realm. Marind Bell is mainly represented as a bright place, and therefore usually associated with "Good". This can be seen in the titles of it's alliances. "Knights of the Bell" vs. "Tainted Warriors": Knights are often associated with honour and good deeds, while Warriors are associated with those who fight for the sake of fighting. "of the Bell" suggests that they have a clear and defined purpose; to fight for "the Bell", while "Tainted" refers to something that happened in the past, therefore not giving much insight into the present. "Seekers of Enlightenment" vs. "Necrovion Sentinels": SoE has a clear and defined purpose again; to Seek Enlightenment, while NS must only guard Necrovion, which obviously should come with the job anyways, should it not? Next up is the creatures. For Marind Bell I will speak of the Heretic Archer and the Angien, since the other two creatures are with you at their birth, and so pre-disposed. The Archer serves you to find vengeance against the Gods, but later finds a passion in serving you to fight and forgets his earlier wish. Does this not seem like something inherently "evil"? The Angien, while you are the one to hatch it, does have a personality of its own, as seen by the way it uses it's ability. Angiens can inflict major damage against their enemies, but at the same time they inflict pain on themselves, which begs the question: why? My mind says guilt. Angiens know that they are not so different from the Shades and so they punish themselves. Of course, this assumes that Angiens understand such concepts; I can't truly know. For Necrovion, I will speak of the Unholy Priest and the Tormented Soul. They are similar in that they are both meant to balance fights, but in different ways. The Tormented Soul has the same ability as the Heretic Archer, but it does not use it as well as the Archer does, because it has another ability; to limit whoever has the upper hand in the way of stats, whether that is you or your opponent. While the Archer finds passion in serving you, the Soul will do as it pleases with it's unique ability. Nearly opposites, as I see it, yet they still share the same ability. As I said earlier, the Unholy Priest has a similar ability to the Tormented Soul, except it will not take from you as it's owner if you have the upper hand. There is a downside to using the Priest; it will sacrifice it's own energy to benefit the opponent. Like the Angien, it has an outcome-changing ability, but to use it, the Priest punishes himself, but unlike the Angien I do not believe that the Priest does so out of guilt. I believe that the Priest simply becomes accustomed to the pain, and learns not to let it bother him. So, at first glance these pairs may seem similar, and they are, but at the same time they are not. This all leads me back to the conclusion that Marind Bell is a land of duality, two states of being; in other words Marind Bell and Necrovion are not two sides of the same coin, Marind Bell is a coin on it's own. Perhaps, though, Marind Bell and Necrovion both belong on both sides of the coin. If you believe what's above, it's not a long jump to believing that Marind Bell and Necrovion could easily be the same thing in a different outfit. That is what the logo represents. There you go ------------------- Pipstickz asked me to forward this to Emerald, which I did. (if it is a problem me posting people's entries who couldn't reach Emerald (if he has internet issues like before) just delete my post)

what I meant, Totenkopf, was not "Top Games" site, but some forums, an active community (is it a facebook group, or RP forum, or whatever) where we would present our world, chatter discuss and get new active players.

First Person who finished the quest: [size="7"]Aaron Geidman [/size] after few more people finish the quest, I'll distribute the first pack of coins!

auction ended, Crazy Mike, contact me in game (I'm idling in Winds Sanctuary)

Auction ends tomorrow around noon server time!

never met Mysecka, but I know Voldon since he applied to do the Tutorial Campaign Quest x) Happy birthday Voldon!

I like the pics a lot, the first one reminds me of RL portraits of famous nobles, rulers... I like the second one as well. I would like to see just better shading (as everyone already said)

oh sorry, so if someone is an mp5, that has a default of "being experienced". Yes 160 activity days are enough to read every forum post that happened years before his existence in this world. I love how you Kyphis are the only one who has those lawbooks in your pocket, too bad I can't find those to read as well. My post stands clearly there. Just because she is a LHO, like you said No One, that means that certain standards are there for her to follow. Abusing spells like Silence aren't in that code of honor. She used it on me without justification, Ravenstrider saw the words and tried them out (logical, if you look at his age). here I see only "tsk dst"

yes, 167 days of activity sounds pretty young for me. Plus, his "crime" is a victimless "crime". A Crime was done to me tho, and I reported that, crime that was done to me, I'm ignoring other scenery unrelated to me in this report (don't know how to simplify it even more to you) Not to mention you are constantly putting up Ravenstrider as guilty, but you didn't acknowledged Dst's guilt here to be allowed to move to Ravenstrider, which looks perverse to me at least

[attachment=2496:dst - shut up abuse 2.JPG] oh excuse me tho the experianced player who casted it (Dst) should be more careful when casting it against older players who didn't nothing wrong (Princ Rhaegar - that is me), in public, so certain people wouldn't get a spoiler on how to cast a silence spell for all I know, Ravenstrider (the young unexperianced player) might have just checked the spell words (since Dst said something in the chat that lead him to believe that certain spell is triggered by saying certain words). Even tho the player "No One" is turning my words against Ravenstrider, before focusing on him, I would suggest you to focus on a person who casted it first and who knew what were the consequences (dst) Furthermore, LHOs aren't the proper authority who deals with abusers, (average ones anyway), since they can do exactly what I can do, and that is alert the community on forums, or contact certain officials. And I will contact Grido about this, since Dst is damaging LHO reputation. I hope I explained clearly enough so you (No One, the player) don't get any conffusions anymore

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@Apophys: sorry, I don't accept those in this trade, pimps I don't value much at all (except for using them as quest rewards, and for this trade I'm looking for some profit, TSs I can also acquire for free) @Ravenstrider: hehe great, we have the first accepted bidder. I'll update the main (first) post with current best bid

we should really check what sites makes most of effect in "recruiting" people for RPG sites, or anything similar in spirit of MD (something that attracts similar people like MD people anyway) and then focus on advertising there. I presume it wouldn't be much work if a small group of people would put an effort to it... bad luck advertisers aren't active

dude, I sold it for 2 gc PLUS a soulweaver, which, when melted down in at least 3 gc will make me rusty sale in total worth of 5 gc. considering I am hoping for a bit higher bids, it can turn out to be quite a fun for me